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EP 9: "I Just Hope He Doesn't Croak On Us"
patlini:
Zackattack - In agreement with you
I met U/J at a function here in Houston the week all stars finished and Uchenna was quite adamant that KL was meant to be a NEL. I think that makes sense as the next two legs were NEL's which made no sense to me at all.
Also in TAR6 didn't Hayden/Rebecca state that the producers kept closing the number of keys that they needed to select in the Key task in China.
So I think placing the real flower near the door would make sense.
apskip:
CHATEAU, I agree with Zachattack308 and with patlini. It is not for certain, but about 90% that World Race Productions could not live with the damage to future legs from having Phil needing to stay around for Uchenna and Joyce to complete their legs about a half day behind the other teams. So a decision was made on the fly to change the Kuala Lumpur leg to elimination from the original NEL so it wouldn't be a problem.
mswood:
Well it depends. Uusally Phil will eventually head out to the task someone is stuck at, our if teams hit a hours of operation (that absolutely puts them significantly behind) then are directed to the Pit Stop.
But in some cases its been hours and hours after they were already eliminated before either happens.
As to Joyce & Uchena, I do have to wonder what time they might have check in. They should have been running about 10 hours after the otehr teams, and thats if they had the same level of difficulty in completing tasks. But they even admit (Joyce & Uchenna in clips) that it takes so much longer to do anything at night. Add to that the last task of going to people's homes to ask for their extra papers would have been exceptional difficult since they most likely would have been their around 9-11 pm at night.
And really it wouldn't have made much differnce as the race progressed to teh next leg. With the same Pit Stop they wouldn't have been even released to get the flights that Charla & Mirna, Dustin & Kandice or Owald & Danny took. If the screen was accurate (instead of what apskip dug up) for Eric & Danielle it is not possible for that fligth as well.
The only real difference is that on that next leg. instead of Eric & Danielle being last and suffering the "Non elimination" penalty. They would have been next to last and Joyce & Uchenna would have been elimianted.
Eric & Danielle would still be yielded in the next leg (since they would be th elast team progressing. The only real change would have been them officially checking in at #2, since they wouldn't have had to deal with the 30 minute penality.
Thats if the prodcuers did in fact change things up, due to the huge time difference.
So no big effect. No extra winning or losing a leg (for that prize). Just would have increased their confidence a little (which hey they won, so no harm no foul), and for those who keep records of Pit Stop placement. Thats it. Instead of being the highest averaged team that won. They would end up tying teams like Chris & Alex, Chip & Kim, and Freddy & Kendra.
Mrs Shrek:
Has anyone found this episode online yet? If so, could they please PM me the link. :please:
It's taking longer and longer each week to find them :(
georgiapeach:
PM coming Mrs Shrek! :waves:
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